56 ANNUAL REGISTER, 
six o’clock at her palace, at which 
were present, besides herself and : 
the Princesses, the Prince Regent, 
the Dukes of Clarence and Kent, 
the Princess Sophia of Glouces- 
ter, &c. j 
foot guards and life guards were 
drawn out in front of the palace. 
A numerous assemblage of the 
yeomen of the guard were sta- 
tioned at the entrances, and in 
the grand hall of the palace, which 
was most brilliantly illuminated 
for the reception of her Majesty’s 
splendid party, specially invited 
to commemorate the day, which 
was very numerous, there being, 
it is supposed, upwards of 300 
present, 
The Regent accompanied his 
royal mother in her drawing- 
room, to receive the congratula- 
tions of the distinguished assemb- 
lage on the return of the day. 
His Royal Highness was attend- 
ed by his cabinet ministers, the 
great officers of the state, and the 
household, surrounded by the 
Russian, Dutch, Bavarian, Spa- 
nish, Sardinian, and Austrian Am- 
bassadors and Ministers, with 
their suites and ladies, the Prince 
and Princess Castelcicala, and a 
number of foreigners of distinc- 
tion, the Lord Chief Justice of 
the Court of King’s Bench, the 
Judge of the Admiralty Court, 
&c. After the company had paid 
their respects to the Queen, the 
Regent, and the other branches of 
the royal family, they partook of 
the most choice refreshments. 
16.—The body of a black man, 
nearlynaked, wasdiscovered onthe 
beach beyond Southsea castle, at 
about 8 o'clock, with his throat cut 
1n a most shocking manner. The 
body was first discovered by two 
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gentlemen, walking on the beach, » 
who immediately after meeting 
with J. Carter, esq. one of the magi- 
strates of this borough, gave him 
information of it, and he caused 
. thebody tobeconveyed to the Five 
At eight o'clock, parties of the - 
Cricketers, public-house. At the 
time Mr. Carter examined the 
body it was quite warm, but all 
idea as to the perpetrators seem- 
ed at first to be in vain, though 
generally considered that it was 
done by men of colour, who lat- 
terly have been seen in great num- 
bers in this town.. However, by 
the great exertions of our police- 
officers, assistedby CharlesAdams, 
pilot, to whom some suspicious 
Circumstances were disclosed, 
Joseph Pique, a man of colour, 
was apprehended, and immediate- 
ly confined in a solitary cell, until 
Friday morning, when he being 
informed that Antonio Pique and 
Philip Pique were also apprehend- 
ed (though at this time it was not 
known that they had any know- 
ledge of each other), he said, 
«}Oh! Antonio is a bad man,’’ 
and then voluntarily confessed 
that he did not murder the de- 
ceased, by name Dilly Jeromi, 
but that he held his legs. It seems 
that Joseph Pique, Antonio Pique, 
and Philip Pique, are three Afri- 
cans, but not related to each other, 
the name of Pique being given 
them from belonging to his ma- 
jesty’s ship Pique, and that they 
were shipmates of the deceased, 
Dilly Jeromi, who was not an 
African, andis represented to have 
been a good-natured fellow, and 
was rather free in occasionally 
treating the three murderers.— 
Previous to the day they went on 
the common, it appears they had 
formed a plan to rob him, and 
when they had got te a certain 
